Last week 3 Afghan actresses were attacked by a group of men, and one of them, Benafsha, did not survive. The two surviving girls, orphaned sisters, have been taken in by police and have undergone virginity tests, to make sure that are not involved in other “activities”. They may face years of prison for so-called moral crimes. May God bring them justice.

A girl in Niger is given a meagre amount of food to bring back to her family. Approx. six million of Niger’s population of 15.5 million are at risk of going hungry. Image by Tanya Bindra via Al Jazeera.

As part of a project in Dheisheh refugee camp in the Palestinian West Bank, women are given the means to start their own rooftop gardens, which will hopefully make their families less financially dependent on aid and gives the women a sense of empowerment.

The controversial case of Nevin Yildirim, who beheaded her rapist after months of abuse and forced impregnation, while her husband was absent, proves that in Turkey women usually pay the price when it comes to gender-based violence. May God ease her suffering.

Sex education remains a taboo topic in Turkey. While it is part of the curriculum in schools, it remains very limited, as sex education for girls especially is frowned upon, since they are not expected to be sexually active before marriage, and therefore it is deemed unnecessary for them to learn about sexuality and healthy sexual practices.

The New York Times reports that for some Pakistani women to marry a man of their choice, they have to risk it all.

According to a piece from Al Akhbar, the high unemployment in Iran due to the economic sanctions is disproportionally affecting Iranian women, who make up a majority of university graduates in the country.